profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Contact Energy
A$6.96-1.56% today
-13.3% in 1 year
1-year low A$6.701-year high A$8.50
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$27.89 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Contact Energy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from NZ$2.37 billion in 2022 to NZ$3.41 billion in 2025, with NZ$331 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Contact Energy handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
NZ$198M
Free cash flow 2025NZ$95M
Bought back its own sharesNZ$1M
Paid as dividendsNZ$198M
Cash vs. debtNZ$514M vs. NZ$2.4B
Contact Energy vs. similar companies
Contact Energy grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact Energy | 27.9× · Fair price | ||
 China Yangtze Power | 21.2× · Fair price | ||
 Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower | 24.0× · Fair price | ||
 Verbund | 17.2× · Fair price | ||
 Huadian New Energy Group | 22.9× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Contact Energy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of NZD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,374 | 2,101 | 2,841 | 3,412 | |
| 837 | 794 | 1,017 | 1,386 | |
| 262 | 264 | 403 | 709 | |
| 550 | 445 | 635 | 833 | |
| 182 | 127 | 235 | 331 | |
| 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.42 | |
| 35.3% | 37.8% | 35.8% | 40.6% | |
| 11.0% | 12.6% | 14.2% | 20.8% | |
| 7.7% | 6.0% | 8.3% | 9.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of NZD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 5,166 | 5,808 | 6,208 | 6,813 |
| Cash | 168 | 140 | 229 | 514 |
| Total debt | 1,099 | 1,556 | 1,913 | 2,449 |
| Total liabilities | 2,326 | 3,004 | 3,589 | 4,053 |
| 2,839 | 2,804 | 2,619 | 2,760 | |
| 779 | 783 | 787 | 797 | |
| 5.1% | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7.5% | |
| 6.4% | 4.5% | 9.0% | 12.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of NZD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 347 | 541 | 506 | 449 | |
| 53 | -146 | 74 | 95 | |
| Dividends paid | 242 | 243 | 248 | 198 |
| – | – | – | 1 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 27.9×
- –
- 1.32
- 2.9×
- 2.7×
- 97.2×
- 13.4×
- 1.0%
- 3.6%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 40.6%
- 20.8%
- 9.7%
- –
- 7.5%
- 5.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +12.9%
- +21.1%
- –
- –
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 2.3×
- 0.89
- –
- 5.8×
- 1.11
- –
- –
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 24%of 397
Top 44%of 392
Bottom 21%of 363
Top 16%of 397
Bottom 48%of 396
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
59.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 208.4%
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
42No pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
65Pass
Joel Greenblatt
23No pass
Charlie Munger
28No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
Questions about Contact Energy
Is Contact Energy a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Contact Energy AI analysis
What does Contact Energy do?
Contact Energy Limited generates and sells electricity and natural gas in New Zealand. It operates through Wholesale and Retail segments. It is in Utilities - Renewable, based in Wellington, New Zealand, with 1,249 employees.
Does Contact Energy pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$198 million in dividends.
Is Contact Energy stock halal?
Yes. Contact Energy passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 27% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Contact Energy stock done over the past year?
Down 13.3% over the past twelve months, to A$6.96. It traded between A$6.70 and A$8.50 and is 18.1% below its high.
Who are Contact Energy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Yangtze Power, Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower, Verbund and Huadian New Energy Group. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Contact Energy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.